JANUARY 11, 19C0. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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store is imposingly beautiful; tlip trees 

 oiitsido arc trininiorl box witli hcrriod 

 liriiiicbcs of Ih'X verticilbitii siiu-k in 

 bflween tlio braufhfs; others mic spec- 

 imen hollies imported from I'lurope 

 for Christmas. If you come to New 

 York visit this store; it is al Fifty- 

 sixth street anrl Fifth avenue. 



Stumpp's is two blocks above. Scal- 

 len's is at 'Phirty-fii-st street, on Broad- 

 way; it is always attractive. Some of 

 the finest Mowers in New Yorli are to 

 be seen in these windows: the present 

 picture shows trimmed baskets of flow- 

 ering plants for Christmas trade. 



Moulton's, formerly the Bridgeman 

 Co.. is a very pietty store near Thir- 

 ty-fourth stre. I, on Broadway. This 

 shows but P section of the interior, 

 with a group of made up baskets ready 

 for delivery, Ik; box is in the rear. 

 Sears is near Forty-second street, on 

 Sixth avenue. There is a greenhouse 

 in the rear of this store; the ice box is 

 shown on the left and a bench of flow- 

 ering plants ready for Santa Claus is 

 seen on the right. 



The other is a side view of Fleisch- 

 man's store at Twenty-fifth street, on 

 Broadway. This is certainly one of 

 the finest florists' stores of the world 

 and is one of the sights on Broadway. 

 Delivery wagons are shown and along- 

 side the windows are stacks of tall 

 silver birch sticks upon which are 

 hung wreaths and mistletoe. 



There are very many more stores in 

 this city which we intend illustrating 



son's bloom. Of course those who do 

 a wholesale business in rooted (-ultiiigs 

 and plants will have started some 

 three or four weeks earlier, but for 

 those who do a moilerate sized busi- 

 ness in this, or grow only for their 

 own planting, it is plenty early. 



of 6-inch boards, with a half-inch 

 space between them, is best for afford- 

 ing perfect drainage. On top of this 

 bottom put about one inch of coarse, 

 and on top of this one inch of finer 

 cinders, then three inches of sand, and 

 if the sand is sharp and fresh there 



Sears'. 



Geo. A. Moulton's 

 NEW YORK STORES AT CHRISTMAS. 



during the year. Send us pictures of 

 yours and your work, tliat others may 

 learn something therefrom. IVERA. 



ROSE NOTES. 



It is now time to prepare and propa- 

 gate your rose stock for the next sea- 



Be particular that the bench that is 

 to be used for this purpose is thor- 

 oughly cleaned and give it a good 

 washing of lime; don't use air slacked 

 lime, but get it good and fresh and 

 put it on as soon as it is well slacked. 

 A bench the bottom of which is made 



will be no trouble in rooting any of 

 the varieties now used for forcing. 



Remember that in propagating this 

 young stock you are laying the foun- 

 dation of your next season's crop, and 

 you cannot be too careful of the stock 

 you select from. Never put in the 

 sand any wood that is in any degree 

 infested with any insect or any dis- 

 ease, and use only good, vigorous 

 wood. 



It matters little as to the size of 

 cuttings, if they are carefully 'made. 

 I prefer for Maids, Brides, Perles, Kai- 

 serins. Meteors, etc.. a cutting with 

 three eyes long (if the joints are not 

 too long"), with the cut as smooth as 

 a sharp knife, and a drawing motion 

 of the same can make it. with two 

 leaves at the other two eyes, only cut- 

 ting oft the end leaflet. Insert these 

 in the sand to very near the lower 

 leaf, the sand having been previously 

 packed as hard as pcssib'e. and after 

 the cuttings have been inserted press 

 the sand as hard as possible about 

 them and water thoroughly. 



American Beauties should be made 

 with two eyes, cutting near the lower 

 one from which the leaves have been 

 removed. The upper leaves should be 

 cut one-third. In inserting these a 

 line should be cut in the sand, holding 

 the knife in such a position that the 

 cut will be at an angle of 45 degrees. 

 In this line insert the cuttings with 

 the leaves standing straight up. This 

 method of inserting Beauty cuttings 



